i hate when people make ellie williams a badass playgirl nonchalant masc like bruh that’s a loser lesbian who likes space and dinosaurs and singing and playing guitar. pls stop doing her like this.
The pain Viktor Vektor radiates as he explains the effect of the Relic to a newly awakened V is... Very juicy. I was gonna try to be highbrow about this but honestly I just wanna chew on his depth of feeling there.
Just wanna chew on how much he obviously cares about this kid V (a 28 year old is a kid, if you're 65+, sorry), that he's given his hand me down clothing to, that he's given expensive cyberware to on the pretense that it's an "investment", even though he tries to refuse when you do pay him back. Because he just cares about V. Because he probably lives in fear of the day V or Jackie comes back to him unfixable, and he's doing what he can to make them safer.
And now here's V, Jackie is dead, V should have died, almost died. Viktor's spent days keeping V alive, probably racking his brain, reaching out to old contacts, trying to learn anything that might help. He's probably been dreading this conversation, rehearsing it in his head. And now V is terrified, is begging him, you can fix it, right, Vik? There's gotta be a way. You're the best!
And he wants so damn badly to say there's a way. But there's not, and he can't stop it, and he's gonna have to watch this kid he cares deeply about get slowly erased from their own mind, and suffer the whole way.
imagine how funny it would be if cdpr were actually intending on making johnny a romance option in cyberpunk but none of them could come to an agreement on how engram sex would work so they just gave up
We don't talk enough about the symbolism of Jackie's last act on this earth being slotting the relic into your head. Your best friend's dying act, though he didn't know it, was to save your life and hand you over to the one person in the world who could understand and care for you as much as he did. Like. I lose my freaking mind about this on a daily basis.
Last year, during pride, I came out as Cupiosexual to you all, and I would like to take the time to explain exactly what that means, as well as officially declare that I am both Cupiosexual and Cupioromantic.
Cupio is a sexual or romantic inclination that falls under the Aro and Ace umbrellas. As such, there is Cupioromantic and Cupiosexual (of which I am both).
These terms are not interchangeable, and it's important to know the difference so you can talk about or address the sexual or romantic inclination properly. Especially since not every cupio feels or is both.
Explination(s):
Let's start with what seems to be the most common of the two: Cupiosexual.
Being cupiosexual means you don't necessarily feel sexual attraction, but you still desire or like the idea of a sexual relationship. This doesn't mean we can't feel sexual attraction ever in our whole lives, but it's not very likely.
Onto the second Cupio inclination: Cupioromantic.
Cupioromantic means you desire or like the idea of a romantic relationship, but you don't feel romantic attraction towards anyone. Again, this doesn't mean we are unable to feel that attraction ever. It's just unlikely.
Important Distinction
I mentioned briefly at the top of this post that I am both Cupioromantic and Cupiosexual. However, this does not mean that every Cupiosexual is Cupioromantic or that every Cupioromantic is Cupiosexual.
Just like how an individual can be romantically lesbian but sexually demi or fray sexual, an individual who is Cupio can be a mixture of things.
For example: Someone who is Cupioromantic can be bisexual, and someone who is Cupiosexual can be panromantic. The same can be said in vice versa for either of these.
The list of Cupio + other inclinations goes on and on and on, and while I would love to discuss each of them, that's not what this post is about. Thus we shall move on.
Cupiorose
Now that we've learned about and made the distinction between Cupiosexual and Cupioromantic, let's discuss the combination of them.
Cupiorose or cupio aro/ace is when an individual (like myself) desires or likes the idea of romantic and sexual relationships but feels the attraction for neither. And you're probably saying, "Ash, we just learned about this. Why are you talking about this separately?"
Simply put, each cupio inclination, including Cupiorose, has its own flag. I want to make sure you're aware of this because we'll be talking about each flag in the next section, and I dont want you to be caught off guard.
There are many variations for the Cupiosexual, Cupioromantic, and Cupiorose flags, but there are three maine ones (which I currently have as my pfp and banner, respectively). The flags have similar color schemes since they are for the Cupio inclinations. However, they are all different and like being Cupiosexual or Cupioromantic, not interchangeable.
Flags:
Disclaimer!
The flags below are simply the ones I have chosen for this post. This is not meant to de-legitimize any other flags used or designed for the cupio orientations.
Cupiosexual:
The cupiosexual flag has four colors (in order from top to bottom of the flag): Grey, purple, white, and pink.
(Very pretty)
Cupioromantic:
The cupioromantic flag has five colors (in order from the top of the flag to the bottom): Peach, light peach, white, purple, and grey
(I personally adore this color pallete)
Cupiorose:
The cupiorose flag has four colors (in order from the top of the flag to the bottom: Grey, purple, white, and (what Im going to call) periwinkle.
Final notes:
As you can see, the cupio inclinations are a wonderful and beautiful part of the LGBTQIA+ family, and I thank you for taking the time to learn about it.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments or reblogs! I'll be more than happy to answer them :3
If you want to know more about cupio down below are some links to Wikipedia pages, tumblr posts, and blogs!
Happy Pride! 🌈
Wikipedia pages:
Cupiosexual wikipedia page
Cupipromantic wikipedia page
Cupiorose wikipedia page
Blogs and Posts:
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It only feels right that Oleander be celebrated in this, apparently the busiest month here at Rotten Raccoons. I'm taking the evening off in his honour, and I hope you all do the same!
As someone who got into the our life games sometime 2020-2021ish when I was 13-14 there is something… strikingly uncanny about the fact that I am now closer in age to this:
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